STAT * 3100 – Introductory Mathematical Statistics I F (3-0) [0.50]

The topics covered in this course include: Probability spaces; discrete and continuous random variables; multivariate distributions; expectations; moments, Chebyshev’s inequality, product moments; sums of random variables, generating functions; Gamma, Beta, t and F distributions; central limit theorem; sampling distributions.


Posted By : Anonymous
Posted On : November 23, 2016

Is the textbook recommended by the student? Yes
Did the student enjoy the professor? No
Professor : Ed Carter

Comment :
This course starts off as the easiest thing possible and then after the midterm, you blink and go what happened?! The course material jumps in difficulty practically in one class and it doesn\'t get an easier after. This course will require you to put in the hours outside of class to fully understand the material. If possible, I would recommend having a Prof other than Carter, his notes are very much all over the place and pretty disorganized that going to class barely helps. He does have however very short assignments and will post solutions after so at least that\'s good. Overall, unless you need this class for your minor or major, I would not recommend it.
Recommendation Rating
Overall Difficulty
Posted By : Anonymous
Posted On : November 12, 2012

Is the textbook recommended by the student? No
Did the student enjoy the professor? Yes
Professor : Irene Vrbik

Comment :
Very tough assignments, though that was counter balanced with lots of solved problems available on courselink and a very easy midterm. Crib sheets were allowed for both the midterm and final, so there was no need to memorize formulas, just know how to use them. You definitely need to know how to do integrals well to succeed.
Recommendation Rating
Overall Difficulty
Posted By : Anonymous
Posted On : March 6, 2012

Is the textbook recommended by the student? Yes
Did the student enjoy the professor? No
Professor : Singh

Comment :
As previous commenter mentioned, strong math skills are important for this course. Definitely an essential course if you're going to pursue stats though. I had Radhey Singh, and would recommend avoiding him if possible. His notes are really scattered, so you'll be learning from the text book.
Recommendation Rating
Overall Difficulty
Posted By : Anonymous
Posted On : March 5, 2011

Comment :
This course is hard if you don't have strong basic math skills (differentiation, integration ect.) But as a whole, it doesn't cover an overwhelming amount of material. Once you get it, everything wraps up nicely. It's definitely a 'snowball' course, everything builds on previous topics a lot. As a whole, its not that bad, but be prepared to work.
Recommendation Rating